William Watts Ball (December 9, 1868 — October 14, 1952) was a newspaper editor, journalism dean, columnist, and writer in South Carolina.
[2] The Duke University Library has a collection of his papers.
[3] He was born in Laurens, South Carolina.
[4] The Editor and the Republic is a collection of his speeches and articles published by UNC Press.
[5] John D. Stark wrote his thesis about him in 1961.